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Monterey Bay

CRC-16943 – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16943
CRC-16943 Confirmed in the catalog @3302
Aug 3 – Sep 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Late Summer, Same Old Shelf

Two more sightings on the shelf that always knows me.

72 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 2026545 m17.3°C72 m
Sep 28, 202671 m16.7°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 545 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 3Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 28

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
10
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
56
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (545 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
545 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 545 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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